WelcomeLet me welcome you this Reformation Sunday with a quote from Martin Luther, “To gather with God’s people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.” And that is why we are gathered here today – to gather with the church for the worship of God. Today is …
Leader: For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.ALL: We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be …
“Bless the Lord, O my soul,and all that is within me,bless his holy name!Bless the Lord, O my soul,and forget not all his benefits…”(Psalm 103:1–2 ESV) Exhortation: David Kinder, commending on this verse, says the “psalmist is rousing himself to shake off apathy and gloom, using his mind and memory to kindle his emotions.” (Tyndale …
Leader: For thus says the LORD,I am the LORD, and there is no other…And there is no other god besides me,a righteous God and a Savior;there is none besides me.Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth!For I am God, and there is no other.ALL: For there is one God, and …
Leader:Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast.By your appointment they stand this day, for all things are your servants.ALL:If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. Leader:Jesus said, “The …
Heavenly Father, we gather today in the name of Jesus our Lord, who through his death, burial and resurrection have redeemed us to be a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to You, that we might proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called us out of darkness into Your marvelous light. Just …
Heavenly Father, we begin this day by giving thanks to You for saving Your people through the works of Jesus—the Son of God—and the Holy Spirit who has effectually called us to faith. We are Your people, bought by the blood of Christ. Thank you for gathering us together under the banner of the Gospel …
You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is …
We, who were once separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world, have been brought near by the blood of Christ Jesus. He himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in …
Leader: Give thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.ALL: He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Leader: He is the image of the …